Mean Girls Movie Review 2004

"SNL" head writer/performer Fey successfully takes her sassy wit to the big screen with this clever teen comedy. Cady (Lohan) is a home-schooled kid raised in Africa attending school for the first time at 16 who uses jungle animals as her frame of reference. The popular girls are The Plastics, Barbie-esque divas led by Regina (McAdams), who take in the brainy Cady for sport. When Cady stupidly reveals her crush on Regina's ex, she quickly becomes a target. Familiar but updated, edgy portrayal of the high school social caste system is probably the smartest teen comedy since the heyday of John Hughes. Based on the non-fiction book "Queen Bees and Wannabees" by Rosalind Wiseman.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 97 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Hell High School, High School, Teen Angst, Revenge, School Daze, Teen Comedy

Screenplay

Tina Fey

Cast

Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Tina Fey, Lizzy Caplan, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Daniel Franzese, Courtney Chase, Neil Flynn, Jonathan Bennett

Cinematography

Daryn Okada

Director

Mark S. Waters

Music

Rolfe Kent

Other

Bruce Carwardine, Amanda Scheer Demme, Wendy Greene Bricmont, Brandt Gordon, Mary Jane Fort, Cary White

Producer

Lorne Michaels, Paramount Pictures